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Sunday, October 09, 2011

Sarah Breitenbach: Proposed congressional map targets rural Maryland, lawmakers say

The move, which observers say would pave the way for a Democrat to take control of a long-held western Maryland Republican seat, follows a legislative session early this year in which lawmakers complained a proposed gas tax, potential ban on new septic systems and toll hikes unfairly target the state’s outer reaches.
Sen. David R. Brinkley, who leads the Frederick County delegation, said in attempting to give Maryland Democrats a 7-1 advantage in congressional seats, the map, proposed by the governor’s Redistricting Advisory Committee, lumps dissimilar communities under one lawmaker.
The move, which observers say would pave the way for a Democrat to take control of a long-held western Maryland Republican seat, follows a legislative session early this year in which lawmakers complained a proposed gas tax, potential ban on new septic systems and toll hikes unfairly target the state’s outer reaches.
A proposed redistricting map that transfers part of the 6th Congressional District from Frederick County farther into more liberal Montgomery County is a continuation of what some lawmakers are calling a war on rural Maryland.
Sen. David R. Brinkley, who leads the Frederick County delegation, said in attempting to give Maryland Democrats a 7-1 advantage in congressional seats, the map, proposed by the governor’s Redistricting Advisory Committee, lumps dissimilar communities under one lawmaker...  
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